June 1953
The following events occurred in June 1953:
June 1, 1953 (Monday)
- Uprising in Plzeň: Currency reform causes riots in Czechoslovakia.
- Died:Alex James, Scottish football (soccer) player (b. 1901)
June 2, 1953 (Tuesday)
- Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey.
June 3, 1953 (Wednesday)
June 5, 1953 (Friday)
June 7, 1953 (Sunday)
- Italian general election: the Christian Democracy party wins a plurality in both legislative houses.
June 8, 1953 (Monday)
- Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado kills 115 in Flint, Michigan (the last to claim more than 100 lives until the 2011 Joplin tornado).
- Austria and the Soviet Union form diplomatic relations.
- Ivo Sanader, the "Čaća", was born.
June 9, 1953 (Tuesday)
- CIA Technical Services Staff head Sidney Gottlieb approves of the use of LSD in a MKUltra subproject.
- Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
- Died:Godfrey Tearle, American actor (b. 1884)
June 13, 1953 (Saturday)
- Hungarian Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi is replaced by Imre Nagy.
June 15, 1953 (Monday)
June 16, 1953 (Tuesday)
- The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia form diplomatic relations.
June 17, 1953 (Wednesday)
- Workers Uprising in East Germany: The Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
June 18, 1953 (Thursday)
- Egypt declares itself a republic.
- Tachikawa air disaster: A United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes just after takeoff from Tachikawa Airfield near Tokyo, Japan, killing all 129 people on board in the worst air crash in history at this time and the first with a confirmed death toll exceeding 100.
- Died:René Fonck, French aviator, top Allied World War I Flying Ace (b. 1894)
June 19, 1953 (Friday)
June 20, 1953 (Saturday)
June 21, 1953 (Sunday)
June 22, 1953 (Monday)
June 26, 1953 (Friday)
June 30, 1953 (Tuesday)
- The first Chevrolet Corvette is built at Flint, Michigan.
- First roll-on/roll-off ferry crossing of the English Channel, Dover–Boulogne.[1]
- Died:Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator of children's books (b. 1874)
References
- ↑ "Dinard – Viking". Simplon Postcards: The Passenger Ship Website. 2005. Retrieved 2012-10-22.